[another Linda]

When my mother-in-law was alive she always made toutsiere for Christmas Eve. Not sure if that is how you spell it, but it is a French Canadian meat pie. The meat has to be pork, seasoned with cloves, you need to add mashed potatoes to soak up the grease and keep it in the pie. and the crust has to me made with lard. It is definitely an artery-clog waiting to happen, but oh so tasty. I kept up the tradition for many years after she died, until my husband begged me to have pity on his blood vessels. But my kids certainly remember the wonderful smells coming into the house after midnight Mass.